Convolvulus arvensisL.

field bindweed

WFO wfo-0001296633 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

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Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Ian Wolfe
fig. a Ian Wolfe, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205746330
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. b Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205703787
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Anastasia_Surkova
fig. c Anastasia_Surkova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205901074
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by mattnewnham
fig. d mattnewnham, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205444304
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Antony Coombs
fig. e Antony Coombs, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205419914
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Ульяна Лалак
fig. f Ульяна Лалак, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205593632
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. g Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205538870
Convolvulus arvensis, photographed by Piermario Maculan
fig. h Piermario Maculan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205251941

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Flowering n = 21,884 observations

Peak flowering in Jun, from 21,884 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Convolvulus ambigens House
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. arvensis
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. decarrhabdotus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. decemvulnerus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. notatus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. pallidinotatus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. pallidiroseus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. pentarrhabdotus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. pentastictus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. perroseus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis f. quinquevulnerus P.D.Sell
  • Convolvulus arvensis subsp. crispatus Franco
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. angustatus Ledeb.
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. crassifolius Choisy
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. hastulatus Meisn.
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. linearifolius Choisy
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. parvifolius Choisy
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. sagittatus Ledeb.
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. sagittifolius Turcz.
  • Convolvulus arvensis var. villosus Choisy
  • Convolvulus auriculatus Desr.
  • Convolvulus cherleri Agardh ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Convolvulus cirrhosus R.Br.
  • Convolvulus corsicus Roem. & Schult.

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.